The respiratory muscle pump: current concepts

Oral Presentation
Chairs: J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain), T. Similowski (Paris, France)
Autocrine expression of mechano and insulin-like 1 growth factors (MGF & IGF-1) in the diaphragm of severe COPD patients
M. Hameed, E. Barreiro, C. Casadevall, S. Harridge, M. Orozco-Levi, G. Goldspink, J. Gea (London, United Kingdom; Barcelona, Spain)
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Ultraestructural signs of early and advanced apoptosis in both respiratory and peripheral muscles of COPD patients
M. Ferrer, M. Orozco-Levi, E. Barreiro, J. Lloreta, S. Serrano, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
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Capillary density of the quadriceps in COPD patients: an structural determinant of muscle endurance?
C. Coronell, A. Ramirez-Sarmiento, Y. Nuñez, J. M. Broquetas, M. Orozco-Levi, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
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Rat diaphragm contractility and fatigue resistance in diabetes mellitus
M. Petitjean, W. Ramadan, F. Gros, N. Loos, G. Dewasmes (Amiens, France)
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IL-6 causes respiratory and peripheral muscle atrophy in rats
S. P. Janssen, G. Gayan-Ramirez, V. Reynders, K. Van Kuyck, M. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium)
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Cycling with fatigued respiratory muscles increases leg muscle fatigue
D. A. Notter, C. M. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland)
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Intracortical facilitation is reduced in patients with COPD
N. S. Hopkinson, T. Sharshar, E. Ross, M. Dayer, S. Jonville, J. Moxham, M. Polkey (London, United Kingdom)
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Does the anesthesia or stimulation of upper airway afferents modulate respiratory evoked potentials?
S. Redolfi, C. Raynaud, C. Tantucci, M. Zelter, J. P. Derenne, C. Straus, T. Similowski (Paris, France; Brescia, Italy)
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